Preparing for the High Holidays with Pitom
Sean MurphyThis is pretty cool. Pitom, a band I've raved about at length here and here, has released a new single (and video) in honor of Yom Kippur. The song…
Ranking R.E.M.
Out of respect for the post-Bill Berry content, we won't need to damn the last five efforts with faint praise. Instead, I'll settle on the Top 10, which happen to…
R.E.M.: The Greatest American Band. Ever.
Almost exactly three years ago I tried to settle a question many people had asked me (and that I had asked myself): what is the all-time great American band? The…
Trey Spruance, Super Genius
I used to believe it was one of the minor musical tragedies of the last quarter-century that the great Mr. Bungle could not keep it together. Three spectacular albums (each…
September 18, 1970: God is (still) Not Dead
We lost three big J's, all in just about a year (Janis, Jimi and Jim Morrison). Debates could --and should-- rage about how much Janis and Jim could --and would--…
When the Cows Come Marching In…
This is heartwarming and makes me feel very conflicted about the hamburger I had for lunch. Happy Friday! Story here.
September 15, 1963 (Revisited)
On Sept. 15, 1963, four black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, in the deadliest act of the…
The Great Gig In The Sky: An Appreciation of Rick Wright (Revisited)
Back when Pink Floyd was the first band in space, they remained mysterious, and cool, by being invisible. For being one of the biggest rock groups in the world all…
Yihla Moja (Revisited)
On Sept. 12, 1977, South African black student leader Steven Biko died while in police custody, triggering an international outcry.
9/11/11
Peace.